commentary...

now everybody in Packer Nation is crowing about the defensive demolition of the Chicago Bears,and elevating the Packers back near the top of the NFL... i am not that way,just yet... they had a very good game plan,but let me go back to last week:the Bears beat Indianapolis rather handily,true,but the game started bad for the Bears:a sack on the first possession,and then a turnover turned into a touchdown,on the second possession,for a Colts' 7-0 lead,but the Colts could not handle good fortune,and then lost big to the Bears... the Packers,remember,had a great record last season(15-1),and yet sucked on defense most of the year... reasons for that are obvious,and talked about,over and over,so will not be repeated here... i may be happy,but i am cautious in my happiness,because it is only one game,and the Packers may be a very good team,but the record is not that important to this season's team... they just want redemption for last season's bitter end,and a good,and deep playoff run... they will not say that,but the Packers do have a great deal to prove... everyone has talked about the great offensive year,last season,and the numbers were spectacular,but last season was last season,and the pundits also talked about the 32nd ranked defense... let me go back to 1976:the Pittsburgh Steelers had perhaps the best defensive year,ever,shutting out five opponents,and giving up only 28 points,in last nine games(the Steelers were 1-4,in first five games,that year),but because of injuries to Franco Harris,and Rocky Bleier,they lost 24-7,to the Oakland Raiders,in the NFL playoffs,that season... so that is history,and the Packers know that,too... the 49ers' game revealed that the Packers have work to do,on defense,and the Bears' game does not change that,because the Bears' offensive line is a sieve,like swiss cheese,and Cutler being Cutler,made the Bears' game quite easy,for the Packers' defense feasted on an offense that scored big last week,but the Packers brought the Bears back to earth,but Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers has not had the start that everybody expected,and the Packers' offense has sputtered big time(scoring only sixteen points,of the twenty three points scored last week)... the Packers are 1-1,so far this season,still a work in progress,and the Packers' brain trust knows that,too.. one game at a time:let the team get back to reality,and get back to work,Aaron(Rodgers),Clay(Matthews),Charles(Woodson),and Mike(McCarthy)... celebrating one win is fine,people,but only it is one win,and let the team have a goal:having a shot at another Lombardi Trophy,this season,and people,that is most important...